Hinge



W. L. EVANS, JR. HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 24, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 28, 1922.

. Application filed February 24, 1921. Serial No. 447,418.

/ To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LNVILL'IAM L. Evans, J12, a citizen of the. United States, residing at Washington, in the county of Davies and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Hinge, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to hinges of the multiple pivot type, in which a jamb plate and a door plate are combined with a pair of arms, the opposite ends of which are pivoted respectively to the ends of said plates in such relation to each other that they always assume a non-parallel position.

The invention is generally an improvement upon the hinge shown, described and claimed in my Patent'No. 1,367,954, dated February 8, 1921, but is more specifically an I improvement on the construction of hinge shown, described and claimed in my copending application, Serial No. 346,455, filed Dec. 22, 1919. I In said application, I have shown the jamb plate made angular in form having at opposite ends vertical holes or sockets which, when the jamb plate is applied to the door jamb, disposes said holes or sockets respectively inside and outside the entrance or opening closed by the door, and in different vertical planes. Associated with the angular jamb plate is a door plate rigidly mounted on the door, and

also having a pair of holes or sockets. Fitted in the holes or sockets in the jamb Jlate and door plate, respectively, are the cownturned and upturned ends of a pair of swinging arms said arms being removable from the jamb plate and door plate at will.

The hinge disclosed in said application is designed to be used on toilet or partition doors which are shorter in height than the adjoining jamb to which the door is hung, the jamb extending both above and below the door a suflicient distance to receive the jamb plate. Such a construction could not be used where the door and jamb are of equal length and come even or flush with each other at the top and bottom, for there would then be nothing to which to fasten the jamb plate. 7

- To construct a hinge which may be used in connection with toilet or partition doors, where the door and jamb are substantially the same height from the floor, is the special object of this invention.

To carry out this object, the arms of the hinge have their ends bent parallel to each other and in the same direction and at right angles to the horizontal portion of the standing that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to strict conformity with the showing of the drawings,but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications come within the scope of the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is a frontelevation representing the upper and lower hinges and sectionsof a door, the intermediate portion of the door and jamb being broken away in order'to show the construction of the hinges more clearly.

Fig. 2 is a'top plan view of the upper hinge shown applied to the door and jamb and illustrating the parts on an enlarged scale, showing in full lines the closed position of the door, and in dotted lines an intermediate and the'open position.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the'line 3+3, Fig.1. f Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a. toilet partition on a reducedscale showing the improved hinge applied to the door thereof. Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several'figures of the drawing. V Q As 'hereinbefore stated, the hinge of the present invention 'is especially useful for toilet or partition doors where the door jamb is of substantially the same lengtlr as the door, causing the top and bottom of the door and jamb to be, in line or flush-with each other. The hinge of the present inven tion differs in several important respects from the hinge of the aforesaid application,

and they will now be specifically referred to.

Each hinge is identical, and since they are I duplicates of each other, a description of the upper hinge will sufiice for the full dis-- ll, respectively, which are bent at exactly right angles to thejhorizontal portions of the arms, and extend in thesame direction and are parallel to each" Other. "The arm 10, which is the outer arm, being located on e o t i e of he doo whe ed, is Set higher than the lower arm 11, in order that they may not clash with each other during their swinging movement, the arms operating in different horizontal planes.

Instead of making 'the'jambhinge membcr angular in form, in the aforesaid ap plica'tion, it is constructed of two plates 12 and l2? resp v ly, each ving a P r of 'outturned vertically alined eyes13 and 13, respectively, which are separatedfromeach other at about the horizontal center of the iam m m er, r a p po which willbe P esen ly described- Theseeyesf 'rm pe ings' or sockets to receive the downturned ils. I 0 and 1 n f t e P t [ranged on theyinside of' thejamb, and theothr on the outside, both in the same horizontal plane, and they are connected by bolts and nuts 14; and 15, respectively, thereby m ng a cure aste ng, a d one whi h not likely to split off the ,jamb. As previously stated ,th,e, ends 10mm 11* of the arms 10, and l 1 enter the alined eyes 13and 13- of the jamb plates 12, and 1%. In order to retain them in place, a c0 13? 16 is mounted onsaid ends and held rigidly thereon by a pin or rivet 17, or any equivalent means. This fastens the collar 16 in place, and permits it to revolve with the arms between the ye 3- a d 13.-

Y D rm t or msm er a ey s l d l9, in pairs at each end thereof, said eyes e n const ct d.- i la w. th eye '1 a d 13a (if iembila esb ng ert a ly ne and-spaced from each other a t e h tal center of the plate, at which placea colla in mo nted on each of the end 0 a 11 ofthe arms 10. and ll, and each collar is uredby a pi 21; ei ispr i ly h anis c nstruc o a in the as of the jam pl T c llars 2010f t d o rp ate v h' with the arms 10 and 11 between the eyes19'and 19?, and sustain the weightv of the door.

By thisarrangement," part of theweight and sham, is p a ed upon he upp i sea Will be, obvious. p v

The application of the hinge to a toilet or partition door where the door jamb and door extend above the floor the same height, is shown in Fig bu tis Qb a' h While this hinge i ps' ia lyad ii edfor t i 12 p e, t W W rk inst, as well with the j m above 'or below the door, or the same length as the door.

When applied as shown in the drawings, with the door jamlo and door having the same length and being substantially flush with each other at the top and bottom edges, the jamb plates and the door plates are arranged in the same horizontal line, but the arms swing in different horizontal planes, in this respect presenting a marked difference over the construction shown in my aforesaid application.

The movementof the door in swinging from an open to a closed position, is shown in Fig. 2'of the drawings, it being noted that because thearms are arranged-in different horizontal planes they are causedto swing across the door jamb and door, with out, however, clashing with each other or with the parts referred to. In no position of the movement of the arms are they in exact parallel relation.

What is claimed is a 1. The combination with a'door and door jamb, of a member secured to the jamb and having eyes or sockets, a plate secured to the door and also having eyes or sockets, said jamb member and saiddoor' plate bein disposedin the same horizontal plane, n d a pair of arms spacedapart and having their ends bent and extending in'the same direction, andpivotally mounted in the eyes or sockets of the'jamb member and door plate.

2. The combination with a door and a door jamb, of means for pivotally connecting the door to the door jamb, comprising a jamb member having a pair of eyes or sockets disposed on oppositesides of'the jamb,a door plate having a pair of eyesjor sockets disposed on the same side of the door, and a pair of arms having their ends bent in the same direction and mounted, respeotively,in the eyes of the jamlo member and door plate.

3. The combination with aidoor and a door jamb, ofmeans for pivotally connecting the door to the jamb,' comprising a jamb member having eyes arranged-on opposlte sldes of the jamb,a door plate, secured to the face of the door and having a pain of spaced eyes arranged on the same side of the door, and a pair of swingingarms; having their endsbent in the same direction and mounted in the eyeso'f the jamb member and door plate, respectively, said arms being mounted to swing in different *hori; zontal planes, with the straight portions of 'thearms arranged below the lower edge of the door.

4. The combination with a door and a door jamb of means for pivotally connecting the door to the jamb, comprising a jamb member having sockets arranged on opposite faces of the j'amb but in the same horizontal plane and at an, angle to each other, a door late fastened tothe door and hav- 1ng soc ets arranged on the same side of the door, and a pair of arms having outturned ends arranged in' the same vertical plane and substantially parallel with each other, said arms being fitted in the sockets of the door plate and j amb member, respectively, thereby disposing said arms at an angle to each other, with one arm crossing the door and the other arm substantially parallel with the door when the latter is in its closed position.

5. The combination with a door jamb and a door, of means for pivotally connecting the door to the door jamb, comprising a pair of arms of substantially equal length having outturned ends extending in the same direction at right angles to the main portion of the arms and substantially parallel to each other, a jamb member secured to the jamb having sockets arranged on opposite faces of the j amb but in the same horizontal plane, and a door plate secured to the door and having its sockets disposed. on the same side of the door, said sockets of the door plate and jamb member being adapted to receive the outturned ends of said arms, and means for holding the said outturned ends of the arms in said sockets.

6. The combination with a door j amb and a door, of means for pivotally connecting the door to the door jamb, comprising a pair of arms of substantially equal length having outturned ends arranged at substantially right angles to the main portion of the arms and substantially parallel to each other, a jamb member secured to the jamb and having hinge eyes located on opposite sides of the jamb, a door plate secured to the door and having hinge eyes located on the same side of the door, said eyes of the jamb member and door plate being adapted to receive the outturned ends of the arms, and means mounted on the ends of said arms and carried thereby to hold the arms in the eyes of said members.

7. The combination with a door jamb and a door, of means for pivotally connecting the door to the door j amb, comprising a pair of arms having outturned ends extending in the same direction, a jamb member secured to the jamb and comprising a pair of plates secured on opposite sides of the jamb but in the same horizontal plane, each plate having a pair of spaced alined'eyes, a door plate secured to the door and having two pairs of eyes arranged in vertical alinement and spaced from each other, the outturned ends of the arms fitting in the alined eyes of the jamb member and door plate, respectively, and a collar mounted on each of the outturned. ends of said arms and in the spaces between the eyes and sustainingthe weight of the door.

8. The combination with a door amb and a door, of means for pivotally connecting the door to the door jamb, comprising a jamb member secured to opposite faces of the jamb and a door plate secured to the door, both in the same horizontal plane, and a pair of swinging arms spaced from each other and pivotally mounted in the jamb member and door plate, respectively, and operating in difierent horizontal planes, thereby disposing said arms at an angle to each other, with one arm crossing the other.

9. The combination with a door jamb and a door, of means for pivotally connecting the door to the jamb, comprising an upper hinge and a lower hinge, each hinge consisting of a pair of swinging arms, with each arm operating in diiferent horizontal planes, a door plate secured to the door, and a 'jamb member secured to the jamb, both in the same horizontal plane at the top and bottom, respectively, said jamb member and door plate having eyes, and the arms of the upper hinge having downturned ends and the arms of the lower hinge having upturned ends, the ends of said arms turning in the eyes of said plate and jamb member, respectively, and means for holding the ends of said arms in said eyes, whereby part of the weight and strain of the door is placed upon the upper hinge.

10. A hinge for use in connection with toilet or partition doors, where the door and door jamb are substantially flush with each other at the top and bottom of the door, comprising an upper and a lower hinge, each hinge comprising a pair of arms having outturned ends extending in the same direction, a door plate secured to the door and having eyes to receive one of the ends of each of the arms, and a jamb member secured to the jamb and having eyes to receive the other of'the ends of said arms, said j amb member and door plate being arranged in substantially the same horizontal plane, and substantially flush with the upper and lower edges of the door and jamb, respectively, and means for holding the outturned ends of the arms in said eyes, whereby part of the weight and strain of the door is placed upon the upper hinge.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

XVILLIAM LEWIS EVANS, JR. 

